Fuck Likeability. Write What You Know. Write Who You Are‘The terms “hot mess,” “lost,” “disjointed,” and “broken” are very familiar to me . . .’
Unseen: How Women Writers Struggle with Feeling InvisibleEvery woman has to make a choice in her day-to-day life. The choice is not usually conscious, and it is almost never spoken of to others. It is intimately intertwined with her self-esteem, her sexuality, and her emotional history…
Why Women Memoir Writers Need to Think BiggerI’ve noticed a trend in the last year or so among my coaching clients. Many of the writers I’ve worked with have been women writing memoirs. Whether this trend is fueled by the inspiration and success of such bestsellers as Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat…
A Working WomanThe wedding had been beautiful. The food had been fantastic. It lacked only one thing and that was that Priya and Nick couldn’t be there. It was understandable with their wedding so close to the same date. But nonetheless it had been a celebration, bright and colorful. Sowmya hadn’t expected the…
Constance Fenimore WoolsonAnne Boyd Rioux’s biography of a Victorian novelist who has been largely overlooked.
Norton Books for March 2016This month we have some literary gems in store. Amanda Filipacchi’s magical novel, The Unfortunate Importance…
THE SAD STATE OF WOMEN’S PLAY SUBMISSIONSIn trying to choose a title for this blog post, I started out with something like “Why Women Need To Submit,” and realized just how awful that sounded. But in the context of play submissions — something I advocate fiercely — there is something worse…
